Library & Information week events at Petersham Libraries
As part of Library & Information week celebrations during May, Petersham Library will be – the venue for Petersham College’s Graduation Award ceremony; reading The Wrong Book for National Simultaneous Storytime to children from the onsite KU Childcare Centre; hosting the Biggest Morning Tea with the Student Association to raise money for the Cancer Council; encouraging Petersham [...]
Winners of the Guessing Competition
The Tea bags jar Aaron is the winner of the movie tickets for his guess of 85. This was the closest guess for the jar of Tea bags. The jar holds 88 tea bags. The Lollies jar Gina is the winner of the jar of sweets for her guess of 64. The jar holds 61 [...]
Biggest Morning Tea 2012 at Petersham College
On Wednesday 30th of May 2012 Student Association and the Library hosted the Biggest Morning Tea at West Street Campus. All staff and students were invited to join in festivities to support the Cancer Council. For a gold coin donation everyone could have a cup of tea, coffee or juice with homemade cookies. A Guessing Competition [...]
Winning reviews of the Adult Learners Week 2011 competition
As part of the Adult Learners Week 2011 program Petersham College Library conducted a competition for the best book reviews from students and staff. All reviews are now available for you to read on displays in both our libraries. Have a look at some of the best reviews: Children’s activities (3 to 5 years) A Christmas [...]
Complete the Petersham Library survey now!
Tell us what you like (or dislike) about Petersham Library and its services. You can complete the survey online at : http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/33S5KWS or Clink on the link from the Library website at www.sit.nsw.edu.au/library/petersham or Fill in a copy available from Library staff. We are keen to have your feedback and suggestions, so we will [...]
Winners in Adult Learners Week 2011 competition
Congratulations to all students & staff who entered the competition. The reviews were all very interesting to read. During the vacation, 6 Library staff read all the reviews without knowing who wrote each one. Each staff member selected their 4 favourite reviews & the results were added to select the winning reviews. The winners are [...]
Adult Learners Week 2011
This year more than 40 countries around the world will celebrate Adult Leaners’ Week through some form of festival or program of activities. The aim of Adult Learners’ Week is to highlight the contribution that learning makes to communities and to encourage individuals to re-engage with learning. Petersham College Library will be running a “Book [...]
2010 Children’s Book of the Year Awards
The 2010 winners of the Children’s Book Council of Australia’s annual awards were announced on Friday as Children’s Book Week began. Child Studies students might like to bookmark the Book Council’s website for future reference. The CBCA is a non-profit organisation dedicated to the promotion of good-quality Australian literature for our country’s children. The Early [...]
Improved opening hours at West St Library
From 19th October 2009, the Library at West St will extend its opening hours. This was made possible through extra funding to allow additional staff to be employed during busy times in the Library during Term 4. The new hours are Monday to Thursday 10 am to 6 pm Friday 10 am to 2 pm Have [...]
Winners of Library & Information week competition announced
The 2 winners correctly selected Cloudstreet by Tim Winton as the answer to the competition. The winners are Sue from Child Studies at West St & Rebecca from Foundation Studies at Crystal St. They will be presented with movie tickets (compliments of the Students Association) as their prizes. Thank you to everyone who entered the competition.